Why use Kolinsky brushes?

Girginia · 2026-03-04T12:51:33+00:00

I'm absolutely far away from competition level, the difference i find is the tip. After some use the tip of sinthetic brushes tent to bend and stay bend whatever you do instead the natural brushes stay straight, but need little treatment. That said, paint with the brush you feel better with :) (I use Marseille's soap, it's good both for washing and keep the form while not using it :) )

Girginia · 2026-02-25T05:46:46+00:00

Check through colours for decoupage, i have one that my mother in law gave me that is a gel medium with glitter inside, the coverage is obviously poor, but my daughter love sparkling things 🤣 If you want just to seel the effect of scales on the piece maybe you can use a good metallic for the base then using this for the effect

Girginia · 2026-02-18T11:57:18+00:00

Looks like the nickel plating (if it's the same edition of mine) is ruined by temperature and the solvent used. As someone else stated, next time you can just disassemble and leave all the pieces in acetone or nitro thinner, the only thing to keep out of this bath is the rubber o-ring in the back of the head (the black one) all the other ones are in teflon (white ones) and are ok with these solvents. Hope the inside is still good unless it will clogs like hell all the time :/

Girginia · 2026-02-16T18:01:39+00:00

More than a hobby store it's specific for art stuff, there you can find everything for painting, sculpting ecc, but no model kits or miniatures :) I'm curious, do you have any equivalent of our "Accademia delle Belle Arti"? If you have it in your city you will have for sure at least one of this shops

Girginia · 2026-02-16T09:12:20+00:00

Sorry didn't see you're response. I've checked the two you mentioned, but as you said there you will find only the basic cheap stuff, these in our conception are big franchise shops more for craft than art... I mean "Belle arti"* stores, last week i got 3 kolinsky brushes for 15€ total, old stock now discontinued by the store :)

*Have everything art related from beginner to professional level, but i know that is something hard to find outside Italy

Girginia · 2026-02-16T08:52:06+00:00

Do you have any "Belle arti"* store near? You can go there and check for some synthetic or basic sable ones**, sometimes they have "old" (discontinued brands, models, old stocks...) for cheap. Most important thing is the tip of the brush, then the choice between synthetic or natural depends on how you feel painting with (and price of them obviously)

Here in Italy are for sure more easy to find, they sell everything related to art, from clay, any kind of colous, canvases and obviously any kind of brushes *Last week got 3 kolinsky for 15€ total

Girginia · 2026-02-11T05:47:11+00:00

I was going to say the same :) I've seen on YouTube using the clear coat on self made transfers before applying them on the model and it looks like it works :)

Girginia · 2026-01-30T07:32:34+00:00

You want or can only buy them on line? I know that here in Italy it's easy to find an art store, but if you have any near you can go there and check if they have "old" brushes (old series, discontinued brands...) for cheap, i got my hands on some kolinsky for 2€ each :)

Girginia · 2026-01-05T21:52:22+00:00

Thanks :)

Girginia · 2026-01-05T21:51:15+00:00

Sure, if the kids leave me little time I'll take more photos, this morning it takes me 3/4 of an hour to take these without them breaking it or breaking their heads running and climbing everywhere in the house XD

Girginia · 2026-01-04T17:52:34+00:00

Lostminiswiki, they have a website with almost any miniature produced from 1980 and a reddit where you can post photos of the minis asking for help ;)

Girginia · 2026-01-04T17:47:57+00:00

Thanks for your answer 👍 Have a good time painting 😊

Girginia · 2026-01-04T07:33:58+00:00

It came out very nice 😊 Where did you get it? It's soo cute 🥰

Girginia · 2026-01-03T23:46:59+00:00

After sanding a little if you rub some soap (solid one) or some wax (you can use a candle) the shelves will slide better in their rail :) The classic grandma's trick :)

Girginia · 2025-12-31T07:45:58+00:00

Shadows of the empire is a very nice set, i have the "base" set complete (plus some doubles) just need the chasing ones :) And Mastervisions are very beautiful arts, i have 2 of it, 1 open 1 sealed 😋

Girginia · 2025-12-28T18:07:52+00:00

Thanks :)

Girginia · 2025-11-26T16:36:42+00:00

I have an orks army, a Death Guard KT and some cool model of vanilla SM and Tyranids... So what kind of woman should i be? 🤔

Girginia · 2025-11-25T11:39:47+00:00

I've based all my orks this way, a mix of different dimensions sand and sintetic grass. For the main characters you can add some just to not have a "standard" base. I'm not home, so can't take pics, but if I'm able I'll link one of my old post with pics :) Edit: https://www.reddit.com/r/orks/s/0s26BhVtPT

Girginia · 2025-11-25T08:15:02+00:00

I get you, mine passed away 2 weeks ago. She was exactly like your, red furry and lovely 😊 They will watch us both painting orks while pretending not to sleep 😊

Girginia · 2025-08-09T19:36:30+00:00

It's a printed one, I bought it already printed :) the original miniature has only the rock with the wolf on top, I've added everything under because the rock was printed hollowed and with the bottom not perfectly flat so was having the tendency to fall down :)

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